Railroad Tunnel Beneath Behring Strait

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 14, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 20.

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Railroad Tunnel Beneath Behring Strait

A FRENCH company is planning to build a railroad from Eagle City, Alaska, down the Yukon valley, under Behring Strait, and through Siberia to connect with the Russian railroad. It is stated that the tunnel would be 20 miles long, and that the greatest depth of water in this portion of the strait is only 180 feet.